See also:Ø[U+00D8 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH STROKE],
⌀[U+2300 DIAMETER SIGN],
ǿ[U+01FF LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH STROKE AND ACUTE],
Ǿ[U+01FE LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH STROKE AND ACUTE],
∅[U+2205 EMPTY SET],andAppendix:Variations of "o" A medieval variation of the lettero used to indicate a somehow “deviant” pronunciation (for example,nasalization inOld Polish). In easternMiddle Low German it came to indicateumlaut, and was adopted in someScandinavian alphabets for this function.
ø (upper caseØ)
- (humorous)A vowel letter of theDano-Norwegian alphabet, sometimes used to replaceo in other languages to imitateScandinavian languages.
- 1975,Monty Python,Monty Python and the Holy Grail (movie)
- [These comments are found at the beginning of the movie, in the middle of the credits. Not all o's are rendered as ø's.]
- Nø realli! She was Karving her initialsøn the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge — her brother-in-law — an Oslo dentist and star of many Nowegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Møllars of Horst Nordfink"...
- 1975, Rene Goscinny, Albert Uderzo,Asterix and the Great Crossing (original French title:La Grande Traversée), page 41
[original French text]
Øbsen: Åh, te vøice enfin, Kerøsen! Espèce de fåinéånt, qu'Ødin te måudisse mille et mille føis!
Åvånssen: C'est... C'estØbsen le Terrifiånt, le chef de nøtre clån!- [official English translation]
Ødiuscømpårissen:Øh, there yøu åre åt låst, Herendethelessen! Yøu låzy blighter! ByØdin, where the Niflheim håve yøu been?
Steptøånssen: It's... It's...Ødiuscømpårissen the Terrifying, the chieføføur tribe!
ø
- (IPA) aclose-mid front rounded vowel.
- (superscript⟨𐞢⟩, IPA)[ø]-coloring or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo[ø].
- (music)half-diminished.
U+AB3E⟨ꬾ⟩ is a spurious variant of⟨ø⟩.
ø (lower case,upper caseØ)
- Aletter of the Central Mazahuaalphabet, written in theLatin script.
- (Latin-script letters)A a,Ⱥ ⱥ,A̱ a̱,B b,C c,Cꞌ cꞌ,Cj cj,Cu cu,Cꞌu cꞌu,Cju cju,Ch ch,Chꞌ chꞌ,Chj chj,D d,Dy dy,E e,Ɇ ɇ,E̱ e̱,G g,Gu gu,Hu hu,ꞌHu ꞌhu,I i,I̱ i̱,J j,Jꞌ jꞌ,Jm jm,Jn jn,Jñ jñ,Ju ju,Jy jy,L l,M m,Mꞌ mꞌ,N n,Nꞌ nꞌ,Ñ ñ,Ñꞌ ñꞌ,O o,Ø ø,O̱ o̱,P p,Pj pj,R r,S s,T t,Tꞌ tꞌ,Tj tj,Ts ts,Tsꞌ tsꞌ,Tsj tsj,U u,Ꞹ ꞹ,U̱ u̱,X x,Z z,Zh zh,ꞌ
Analogical after the other names of vowel letters in the Roman alphabet.
ø (lower case,upper caseØ)
- Thepenultimate letter of the Danish alphabet.
- (Latin-script letters)bogstav;A a (Á á),B b,C c,D d,E e (É é),F f,G g,H h,I i (Í í),J j,K k,L l,M m,N n,O o (Ó ó),P p,Q q,R r,S s,T t,U u (Ú ú),V v,W w,X x,Y y (Ý ý),Z z,Æ æ (Ǽ ǽ),Ø ø (Ǿ ǿ),Å å
FromOld Norseey, fromProto-Germanic*awjō, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂ekʷeh₂(“water”), seeå.
ø c (singular definiteøen,plural indefiniteøer)
- island
ø (lower case,upper caseØ)
- The twenty-ninthletter of the Faroesealphabet, calledø and written in theLatin script.
- (Latin-script letters)bókstavur;A a,Á á,B b,D d,Ð ð,E e,F f,G g,H h,I i,Í í,J j,K k,L l,M m,N n,O o,Ó ó,P p,R r,S s,T t,U u,Ú ú,V v,Y y,Ý ý,Æ æ,Ø ø
ø n (genitive singularøs,pluralø)
- name of the letterø
- (Latin-script letter names)bókstavur;a /fyrra a,á,be,de,edd,e,eff,ge,há,i /fyrra i,í /fyrra í,jodd,ká,ell,emm,enn,o,ó,pe,err,ess,te,u,ú,ve,seinna i,seinna í,seinna a,ø
ø (lower case,upper caseØ)
- The twenty-eighthletter of the Norwegianalphabet, written in theLatin script.
ø (lower case,upper caseØ)
- a letter of the Old Swedish alphabet, written in theLatin script.
- In some transliterated modern text theø has been replaced by its Swedish descendantö.
Inherited fromOld Norseey.
ø
- island
c.1350, Knut Fredrik Söderwall,Codex Bureanus,1884–1973, quoted inOrdbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket,page1160:sände domicianus han tel patmosö- domicianus sent him to theisland of patmos
(year missing), Knut Fredrik Söderwall,(title missing, PK),1884–1973, quoted inOrdbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket,page1160:birka han laa vppa enaöö j mälar som hether birköö- Birka he laid out on one of theislands in Mälarn which is called Birkisland
ø
- abbreviation ofkoh
ø (lower case,upper caseØ)
- (Norway)The twenty-fourthletter of the Southern Samialphabet, written in theLatin script.
- (Latin-script letters)A a,B b,D d,E e,F f,G g,H h,I i,Ï ï,J j,K k,L l,M m,N n,O o,P p,R r,S s,T t,U u,V v,Y y,Æ æ,Ä ä,Ø ø,Ö ö,Å å
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